Bertram Cope's Year (Annotated): Enriched Edition. Gay Classic

Henry Blake Fuller's Bertram Cope's Year is a finely controlled campus novel and social comedy centered on a young English instructor whose arrival at a Midwestern university unsettles a circle of faculty wives, students, and patrons. Written in a cool realist manner, the book favors implication over declaration, registering desire, vanity, dependency, and social performance through irony and meticulous dialogue. Its literary context is especially significant: published in 1919, it is often read as one of the earliest American novels to treat same-sex attachment with sustained seriousness, though through the codes and silences of its era. Fuller, born in Chicago in 1857, was a major figure in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Midwestern realism. His earlier novels, including The Cliff-Dwellers and With the Procession, anatomized urban ambition and bourgeois manners. A lifelong bachelor and acute observer of constrained social identities, Fuller brought to Bertram Cope's Year a rare sensitivity to the evasions required by polite society. This novel is recommended to readers interested in queer literary history, academic satire, and American realism. Its quiet surfaces conceal a daring exploration of intimacy and self-fashioning.

This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes. - The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists. - A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing. - A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings. - Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life. - Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance. - Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.

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E-bog: 14. juni 2021